worst single shooting spree in modern history at least eighty people have been killed at a youth camp in the way following a powerful blast in central oslo which claimed seven more lives. thirty two year old a norwegian man has been arrested in connection with both attacks and it is a species that's right wing political extremists who may have been behind the killings. and u.s. government in partial shutdown schools over raising the debt ceiling and in no walkout denies the new leader several billions on the smoking economy is to save us

something you're a. nice twenty four hours a day you're watching t.v. or law top story now norwegian police say at least eighty people have been killed in a shooting spree at a youth camp on the island of syria the capital. came shortly after a powerful blast shook the government center in downtown oslo claiming at least seven lives a thirty two year old norwegian man has been arrested in norway in connection with the tax laws he's bushell is following the developments for us daniel a huge number of casualties at the youth camp an attack of this nature on this scale has never been seen before has it. yes that's right the number of casualties

estimated has skyrocketed or witnesses to me initially said it was around ten since then the numbers have gone up dramatically and dressed in police uniform apparently and the labor party youth rally and began shooting indiscriminately dozens have been killed and there have been horrific stories of people swimming for their lives hiding in the bushes and it came around a couple of hours just got off to sleep huge government building blast in the center of. just behind me a huge government building blocks just behind me in the center of all which blew out windows was heard fix every kilometers around the city center sending a huge pile of smoke across the city now the second last was also. being perpetrated by the same man police believe the heat is a link to explosion at least seven people were killed and and including the prime

minister's office his building was also hurt in the blast. previous reports had suggested that isn't this terrorist way behind the attacks but one of the norwegian authorities saying now. now is being said that he's. right wing extremist with actually anti muslim views initially a group in helpers of the global jihad came out and said that they took responsibility for the warming but then they retracted that of course norway is. participating in the libyan and afghanistan war if it's the fault of nato and just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arrested throughout western europe in connection with with planned bombings. of the people of norway reacting to this terrible event and one of the government's response to the attacks. yes well the police have told people to stay out of the city center

to avoid using mobile for the exits to the borders of norway where shots immediately after the blast roads leading into and trains leading into the capital rules so holds it now we've heard that soldiers are on the streets with machine guns police are also being called the worst attack since world war two the worst shooting spree in history. ok thank you for that update. for more on the possible motives behind the attacks let's cross live now to keith harmon snow u.s. based war correspondent pendent investigator and i thank you for joining us on. can you can you hear a section yes you can yes officials in norway have described the attacks as the work of a mad men could individual crime on such a scale in your opinion well when you have a culture of war is. involved in a reduction of war so just norway then likely an individual would take such an

action as happens has happened many times in the united states and britain for example is very significant so it's not surprising that this could be an individual organized this is perpetuating this on the one hand on the other hand it seems fairly coordinated in two different places in surprising the same time it was the same individual so we made it's speculation at this point that we may see that one of these jihadi organizations and it's supposedly claimed. may actually be responsible for it now and some of our commentators have said that the attacks might have a direct connection to the presence of norwegian forces in afghanistan does that sound realistic to you. of course you know norway has a huge role in the missions. forces in afghanistan where you know the trustees against civilians are happening all the time this is well if this is blowback if it's the reaction of the world to the kind of atrocities that are being committed

by norway and other places in the world which includes sudan afghanistan libya lebanon somalia uganda and they were previously involved in iraq that wouldn't be surprising either afghan in afghanistan norway has committed to claims to the bombing in libya and norway is deeply involved in in the i sat as i said in afghanistan going to get the truth about the atrocities were committed in afghanistan by the nato forces which norway's part of the region has been criticized by some of the harboring of potential terrorists it's in no way now suffering the consequences of its well known liberalism. well you know it's home to the note to the nobel peace prize to the norway committee that gave the nobel peace prize to barack obama i mean what are they thinking i had just begun his charm i mean my mother kenzer garden and she's far more deserving of the nobel peace prize than barack obama ever will be but. again back to the culture of war norway's the

fourteenth largest arms importer in in the world that's very very significant weapons export the highest military expenditures per capita in all of the european countries and they are involved in covert operations with the united states with the nato forces they they work with the israeli covert awkward operatives and yeah it makes a lot of sense that this could be coming back on norway just like you know the chickens come home to roost as they did in the nine eleven thing in the united states given what you saying that it will be a tax. haven country as a home as a safe place to be. you know it if you see news in the united states was calling in saying this is a day of horror in norway one of the most peaceful countries in the world a shock you know reeling from terror people have the people who are responsible for participating in terrorism in the world which includes the united states these nato countries and committing violence against innocent people in other parts of the

world have to be prepared for some sort of retaliation and it's only going to escalate we're going to see far more attacks whether again perhaps this is an individual an admin work if it is then the cultural war in. norway has caused this individual to be part of that he can get the weapons he. wants but if it's a more organized thing which is part of the blowback against norway then i say we're going to see a lot more of that in scandinavian countries who are not the peaceful countries that we're led to believe that they are there's blood on that dripping from the hands of people in norway just as there is from the united states and you know we should stand up and be mature about this and take some responsibility for what we're actually participating in rather than crying who were the victims of terrorism and we don't have any you know just there's no justification for this outrageous violence against the people of norway course these innocent children of course don't deserve to be hurt or die but one also has to raise the question what

is a political campaign on an island in norway all about i mean it's very interesting . ok what he did i keep calm and us faced one correspondent i need to kind of thank you thanks so much my wife. well being a journalist thanks always intelligence i didn't expect to be attacked to provide adequate security. maybe just maybe the norwegian intelligence service has not been as alert as it should have been because one has simply not expected this and we know that it's all over europe in the u.k. in france in denmark in no way if you sort of look back through the years. certainly one has given safe haven to people who should never never have got an inside one is not surprised that this has happened and we have seen it several times we saw it nine eleven. we have seen the failed attacks

on and copenhagen and now norway and of course the european governments and also the region governments have to sort of rethink the frame of like the culture i mean here there are patterns or things that the scenes witnessed and also they're part of a broader issue concerning attitudes towards integration and was it culturalism. i think that in many ways we invited this problem because they hand in hand with mass unlimited immigration into prices like britain and also into into places like denmark and sweden and norway not quite private asked but. a large amount of immigration we actually also had this policy of multiculturalism and i like to draw a distinction if i can between what are called private multiculturalism and public state sponsored multiculturalism private knowledge lots of them where people enjoy their religious and cultural customs in private that's fine another problem and i

think you know i went to a hindu wedding recently and i really enjoyed it i really made me work my lovely time the problem that we've got everything public state sponsored nothing for them and even cameron mrs merkel president sarkozy have all now admitted this is a problem is where we had imported colorful costumes into our country which are not appropriate in a western liberal advance democracy and instead of being very strong about this and that's not how we do things we were pleased and let the people carry on with things like you know arranged marriages polygamous marriages all of these kind of things and introduce their common for our forecast and in fact in britain i don't know about you know also i but in britain we actually have recognition of sharia law for some tribunals so it's got to be a legal system is already taken a foothold with ours and of course this is the road to ruin. mark armor and the history that from oxford university highlights norway's involvement in terms mitra campaigns as

a possible catalyst for tensions in the area. the most likely explanation is that norway's involvement as a nato member in various armed actions by nato from libya to afghanistan will have a good basis for some backlash now whether that backlash comes from a libyan group or or generally from an islamic group which is host to the region major involvement. is to be seen and i have to say we should remember that back in oklahoma city in ninety ninety five when was in the form of the federal us that would be better if we left most of the work in islamic terrorists and it turned out to the work of a christian fundamentalist militiamen whole so who were escorting so with the proviso that we we should not rule out all the possibilities most likely explanation is obviously that's norway's political girl. during an attack on us and i think we really have to if you guys are using all hands on the other is perhaps

if there's a strategy to form a house of an islamic group they want to go away as are so hot option. if you think of people places like london paris have been recalled it's a terrorist attacks over the years even really quite dramatic over time so his people perhaps on. members of his group who called who were necessarily who had such an effect in roman aquarist perhaps not come from norway which is the great peaceful very quiet for a long time where if you like and he will evolve into norwegians environs with him thousands of miles away from their own country. and i think kerry can expect the director says even if it was the work of a lone gunman they may still be a struggle between a cult jihadist groups and state of play with even a country. well first of all we have to look at the whole history between that you hottest movie the wonder claims to name date and those who own a different name five six years ago norway has been over the past decade on that

nest that was and now by some of the lot and now and buyers are here and at that time in the mid day we've been asking ourselves why the good norway but there's another element the fact is that inside norway they were a homegrown or actually locally grown jihadi group who have been battling politically with the government and one of whom you don't know or even car who has been you know in the process of being deported but there is something else as well last week there was the publication of a book by a big cultural editor of all the danish newspaper that published the cartoons in that norwegian language and there were threats so i want to put it in the framework of a struggle between the jihad this movement inside norway and the government and this is a you know very harsh what being guarded by those you artists because what the judges are saying in their chat rooms for the last two years that they are preparing very patiently backpacks and games not just the traditional capitals of where they attack longer madrid russia or or new york but the other ones warning them so this

is a critical mass reached by did you have this inside norway at this point in time and when they reached a critical mass following in their car it's this is going we learned this when a norwegian will learn when they have a problem is under complete this is not the problem of russia alone or of britain alone or with india alone and i would even say china i imagine the five permanent members of the security council have been targeted by the same time of terrorism got or not the same time. the latest u.s. government's efforts to raise the country's about with fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling collapsed after a republican opposition leader walked out of his nation's or present unless the government can agree to raise the debt limit by august second. able to pay its bills and to decry employment effects are already being felt as the u.s. aviation authority which sees all civil flights begins to shut down critics say that it's unlikely this article offer

a solution if more taxes or spending cuts on his residence are heartless went onto the streets of the big apple to gauge public opinion or move taxation. would you be willing to pay more in taxes to save your government from bankruptcy this week let's talk about that. definitely would pay more if any of their spending . their spending on defense. or education. so do you trust your government to spend a crackly i don't trust any of the cars in our country a little bit how much is a little but. few percentage points more and that's about it that's about it since fifty percent of the american public does not pay a nickel i would have a problem i believe everybody even if it's

a dollar fifty everybody should be in the shared sacrifice more in taxes means more benefits which means more community programs get saved or not but what about the whole notion of people being responsible for themselves and not looking for a handout from the government some people can't help it i mean there are some people who tried really really hard in the us they still need help i mean it just happened so you got to get help wherever you can well i mean it all depends on how much work you're actually you know if i'm working hard and i make you my good my kids share you know why don't you get taken away from me when people who you know don't. you know you just spend a lot more money in taxes so that more people have my service that kid you have to pay for people who aren't working as hard as you yeah yeah. yeah ok with that well yeah i think everybody should have it ok so i think it's ok because you paid too much taxes you know you take the energy from people who want to work so if you're

too much texas you have the best government like in the states government to spend all the money on crazy wars in iraq and guns. and there you. remember how you feel about the bottom line is you're probably always going to have to pay them your government. has announced a new one hundred sixty billion euro greece. credit rating. out of it at any cost the critics. are now maintain that it's not nearly enough to get back on its feet president sarkozy has

been saying in brussels you know greece is a special case it's received the special support from the europeans and other countries won't receive that but of course. do we believe that i'm not sure that we do because it's inconceivable that the europeans wouldn't step in. and it's also i think inconceivable that even the resources now available to the financial stability fund the sort of nascent european monetary fund i think they wouldn't really be sufficient. if it was a battle between the bond markets and the italian government so. to paint nightmare scenario i don't think we're out of the woods yet. the volga river tragedy recovery operation set to resume on saturday experts will touch isn't everything the sunken pleasure from that part of the vessel has already been pulled

out. right to be pumped out the ships and the experts to examine the wreckage to the terminal why exactly. two weeks ago i didn't want him. dead in the truck and still listed as missing the owner of the ship was under investigation three people already charged with violence so to the russians. media experts and the u.s. one that rain streamed out of sacrificing us because of their choice of content so it's become a trend to share with you know the flurry of sensationalism rather than pour news. on this the reports arrest big business and politicians could be directing the shift and star now to talk about some of the day's biggest bully story it's the story behind the story no editorial mission driving the mainstream

news cycle and i just kind of sat back and i was like wow this is it this is the speech played by the rules instructions coming straight from the top he said i was just in washington and people in washington tell me they're concerned about your tone recently departed and that's n.b.c. anchor jane describes the talking to he alleges came from the head of the cable news network they're talking to you it drove him to leave the station he said i love to be an outsider outsiders are cool but we're not we're insiders. we are those steps former insiders and analysts we interviewed say it's this way of thinking in the mainstream t.v. media that leads to a twenty four hour news cycle filled largely with a c n n a the woman accused of killing her two year old little girl you would know is that this is you're under we now learn maria demanded he move out has been wowing. coverage that an m.s.m. defector says has cost stations their literate audience and credibility of

mainstream television news in particular is in the gutter you're just wasting your time in the story with anthony weiner's wiener which you call my national joke a national joke that protects ad revenue and political currency unlike more hard hitting stories they would be stories that offend big corporations and over tickle power and that's why they're not covered it could explain why more reporters haven't covered for example a secret prison in somalia run by the cia journalist jeremy scahill exposed secrets and says several other american soldiers know about it too instead this was the response to his story in the case of c.n.n. didn't even mention my report and just basically reprinted a press release from the cia saying that you know they were just assisting the somali government it could explain why networks aren't redoubling their efforts to cover hard hitting stories instead fresh off the successful ratings of the casey

anthony trial you have a network like a.v.c. hiring former kidnapping victim elizabeth smart to cover missing children stories i mean they basically came out and said we need to hear more of this and ordered more innocent people's stories so that's what they're going to do and that is going to be a cost to other stories taking away from stories that affect people on a greater scale from jobs to inequality poverty wars and police brutality. the direction seems to be heading ever further in the direction of sensational. and tabloid which your group or murdoch's news corps scandal is any indication could backfire ultimately that you're going to lose ratings you're going to lose viewers and you know ultimately you may be you may find yourself under investigation networks that pledge to lean forward or claim to be fair and balanced or they call themselves the most trusted name in news even actors leaving to find an independent outlet if they want to try to live up to that was martin's lore and mr r. t.

washington d.c. . there are some other international news stories in brief for you there. is a list of militants in somalia say this still granting most foreign aid a sense from working in a foreign struck country the militants deny u.n. claims that somalia in the state of disaster calling them propaganda severe drought struck the region rendering the millions in the need of water the u.n. estimates tens of thousands have already died for shortages. they turn to has carried out a fresh bombing runs on the libyan capital on saturday it's in colonel gadhafi his headquarters where about solving cumber remain on the road and friday thousands rallied in tripoli in support of a colonel. that's been ravaged by civil war since february the nato led coalition stepping in with airstrikes in march lottie's military contributor thinks the u.s.

has overextended itself by getting involved in the war. there is been a lot of talk about. the u.s. policy or the legacy of the regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a closer look how the nato air we'll bombing in lead is related to american trove of eyes in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing in libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside if he's not just a tune and a half wars for the united states in reality if not on the ground at least in the air over a levy if the bombing is one hundred percent of nato operation great timing

nato operation against libya demonstrated not the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and have been leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap between the. united states of america and its european nato partners. headlines this a couple minutes here not. of

the.

if the motion would be soon which bryson. song from feinstein christian. means from stone tante don't come. wealthy british style sun rose is not on the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in cons a report on r.t. if you're followed up on my idea. the

chinese are sort of a twelve pack and aren't kid codified law. and it goes back to a time when people would wipe out of their forces in the wild west and pick up these huge it is important to mention the sheriff for prosecution to know what company may come to. him when they go out there he's tough weapons. and you have to hope that nothing bad can. get good. for jason killers and you see i keep that in mind of the two million dollar bill for the rest. we're not superheroes we can be killed to you know be sure the minute i'm going to die. and. once you hunted manual never go back to know anything else.